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Premier League main executive Richard Masters says nan shot almanac is "getting to a tipping point" pinch nan magnitude of matches teams are being asked to play.
An expanded Champions League and Club World Cup could spot a hefty summation successful matches for immoderate clubs successful nan 2024-25 season.
The Football Association has scrapped FA Cup replays from nan first information onwards owed to nan summation successful matches.
"It stands to logic if you overload nan almanac and nan players, astatine immoderate point, thing has to give," said Masters.
"It is getting to a tipping point. The feedback we person from players is that location is excessively overmuch shot being played and location is changeless description ."
The Champions League will grow to 36 teams adjacent season and nan group shape will beryllium replaced by a convention format, resulting successful teams playing an other 2 matches.
The Club World Cup, which is presently held annually and features 7 teams from six confederations, will go a 32-team tournament to beryllium held each 4 years.
Chelsea and Manchester City will characteristic successful nan Club World Cup, which will tally from 15 June to 13 July successful nan United States.
Masters, who was appointed to his Premier League station successful 2019, warned: "If you move much liquid into a cup that is already full, it will overflow."
For starring players, adjacent play promises to beryllium busier than ever.
The Premier League run starts connected 17 August, while nan Club World Cup last takes spot almost 11 months later.
Manchester City will compete successful a 36-team Champions League, which has 8 games for each sides successful nan opening shape and a play-off information earlier it reaches nan past 16.
Chelsea could beryllium successful nan Europa League, which has nan aforesaid format.
EFL Cup matches will beryllium scheduled successful weeks wherever European competitions return place, truthful it is imaginable nan clubs progressive connected some fronts - much apt to beryllium those progressive successful nan Europa League and Conference League - will person 2 midweek games.
Little wonderment nan players are starting to state "enough".
Administrators tin travel up pinch nan champion plans ever. If they don’t return nan players pinch them, they person a problem.
